The Brutalist Report

Business Insider

• Microsoft just named Asha Sharma as its new Xbox CEO. Read the memos. [2d]
• OpenAI just hired back another employee from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab [2d]
• The battle over Trump tariff refunds is next — and it will be messy [2d]
• Peacock's next growth bet: selling subscriptions for other streamers [2d]
• NATO is deploying a drone carrier to its eastern edge after repeated Russian airspace incursions [2d]
• After a breakup, I put my belongings in storage and traveled full-time for 3 years. It was the best chapter of my life. [2d]
• Kavanaugh in dissent: Bad policy or not, Trump's tariffs were 'clearly lawful' [2d]
• We paid $9,000 for the cheapest room on an ultra-luxury Caribbean cruise. See inside our ship and 302-square-foot suite. [2d]
• Google Deepmind CEO says the memory shortage is creating an AI 'choke point' [2d]
• I moved from New York to France for my wife's career. Her life has changed, but I'm surprised how little mine has. [2d]
• Photos show how 'Love Story' recreated Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's iconic style [2d]
• Why SCOTUS' rejection of Biden's student-loan forgiveness plays a big role in its Trump tariff decision [2d]
• Read the memo: Tesla rival Lucid cuts 12% of its US workforce as EV winter takes hold [2d]
• 'Everybody is switching': A United exec took aim at American as the airlines battle at Chicago O'Hare [2d]
• These new Ukrainian ground robots can launch unjammable fiber-optic drones close to the front so troops don't have to [2d]
• 14 of the most uncomfortable moments on 'America's Next Top Model' [2d]
• I played hooky from a work conference to spend the day with my daughter. Our adventures were well worth the guilt. [2d]
• Supreme Court strikes down swath of Trump's tariffs — but he has other options [2d]
• I worked on cruises for years and still sail as a passenger often. There are 6 things I never do on board. [2d]
• I'm an American who's lived in Paris for nearly a decade. These 8 things have surprised me about living in the French capital. [2d]
• I turned my needlepoint side hustle into a $10M business in five years. I never thought it'd take off as it did. [2d]
• The 8 most surprising Winter Olympic sports in history [2d]
• I've spent over 2 decades riding trains all over the US. I wish passengers would stop doing these 7 things. [2d]
• I toured the USS Lionfish, a Balao-class submarine that rescued downed pilots in World War II. Take a look inside. [2d]
• Jeffrey Epstein and the monarchy's 'Andrew problem' [2d]
• NASA boss Jared Isaacman sent staff a letter blasting the Starliner mission that left 2 astronauts stranded in space [2d]
• 16 celebrities who moved to Texas on why it's the best place for them [2d]
• A chart shows how much the government shutdown hurt economic growth last quarter [2d]
• 2 little-known tech founders are both $14 billion richer this year as AI demand fuels a memory supercycle [2d]
• JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette died in a plane crash 27 years ago. It fueled rumors of a 'Kennedy curse.' [2d]